Julia Goolia
@juliagoolia9.bsky.social
Listener. Smiler. Hugger. Writer. Mommer. Loves Manatees. USMC Veteran. Retired Mormon. If you need only one rule in life read the mug.
My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!”
i'm under the impression that the spacex chunk hitting the moon is accidental which, if true, is a genuinely impressive failure in as in the context of how large space is, statistically, the moon arguably does not exist
I'm ngl this is maybe the funniest possible thing to say about this, I gotta hand it to him. The Moon really let itself go
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 14h agoNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."
I’ve volunteered at food pantries and you sometimes get people upset to see someone in a nice car using a food pantry and I need to completely assure you that the person with the nice car actually is in need of that food because people who aren’t in need do not pretend to need food
A really funny complaint about the Zohran discount grocery store idea is that non-poor people could use it when there’s a grocery store half a mile from my grocery store that has everything cost 20% more that rich people go to because they don’t want to shop with normal people.
I predict people will begin cursing less now that politicians are making it so cringey.
Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · last wk.This is why politicians cursing never works the way they think it will, he's going for tough-guy" but he just sounds like he's talking to a hostess who let someone else make a reservation in his booth
Me buying a house and not having to do coin laundry anymore: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me having to replace the washing machine when it breaks: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
In a rare public appearance, two of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner's children threw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game to honor their late parents. (AP Photo)
Two of Rob Reiner's children throw out first pitch at Dodgers game to honor their dad
In a rare public appearance, two of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner's children threw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game to honor their late parents. (AP Photo)
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one of the things that gives me optimism about the US in a way I never had for India was how insulated electoral systems are from the central govt
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · yesterdayDOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
To mitigate tsunami impacts, a project in Japan has planted over 680,000 trees along the coast, drawing on traditional "guardian forests." While these natural barriers offer proven protection, many communities continue prioritizing concrete seawalls. Jonathan Vit reports for #Mongabay.
In coastal Japan, one project is planting forests to stand against tsunamis
MINAMISOMA, Japan — Kazuo Monma stepped out onto the small stage and looked at the large crowd with a sense of relief. The weather report had called for rain all weekend, and the mayor of Minamisoma,…
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They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · yesterdayNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Since this is my only public-facing internet presence, here's my AI policy: I don't use AI for my writing. I don't use it for idea generation or editing. I don't use it for publicity. I have not in the past, and will not in the future. I have "no AI" statements in all the contracts that I sign.
I'm not sure why we're posting about ai but I don't use AI in my writing, in my cover art, etc. I've had every feature that could automatically modify text in Word turned off for decades, and AI is just more of the same. Every edit lovingly done by hand.
Pretending you don't see a difference between AI that counts beans and AI that steals novels is a doltish, peevish stance. Cannot believe @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social ran this apologia for the plagiarism machine.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
NC GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards ends reelection campaign after sexual harassment report #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards ends reelection campaign after sexual harassment report
Edwards is at the center of an ethics report that found he created a hostile work environment and sexually harassed young staffers.
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Rep. Chuck Edwards suspended his campaign for reelection early Wednesday morning following a House Ethics report that cited alleged inappropriate behavior toward two women staffers.
Chuck Edwards Ends His Reelection Following Harassment Allegations
The House Ethics Committee had recommended the North Carolina Republican be censured.
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the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.
I would call and email people like normal. Maybe analyze a database in Excel or Google Sheets. Timestamp interviews if I was in a rush and couldn't transcribe them in full.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.
These pricks are raised in a bubble of privilege & immunity, told their entire lives that it's their right to have whatever they want & dominate anyone lower on the class or gender totem pole. They can not simply pivot, one day to the next, to a plausible attitude of regret & contrition. They can't!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
THE $168 BILLION WAS TAKEN ILLEGALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK. Kill me I’ve wasted my life.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
one of my all-time favorite disgruntled reviews of THE ODYSSEY long precedes the movie & comes from my partner. His take: “Odysseus is a shit sailor. There was very little ocean to cross to get home”
